Annie and the Old One

By Miska Miles

Book Overview

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316571172
• ISBN13: 9780316571173
• Release Date: July 1972
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 0.5" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Kid's Review

Annie and the Old One is a book about how a young girl feels when her grandmother is about to die. I like this book because a lot of books for kids don't talk about people dying. I'm an emotional person. This book is terrific because it gives a lot of information about the Native American culture. Ben, Second Grade, 2005-2006

Teaching children about death

This book gently explains to young children the reality and inevitability of death. I enjoy reading this book as much as my daughter enjoys hearing it.

Natural way to explain death. Result, no fear of death!

Twenty years ago a child librarian recommended "Annie and the Old One" to me. I have explained death to small children using this book. Several are now adults. None have ever feared death. "Annie and the Old One will always remain part of my personal library. Today, I send a copy of it to a dying grandmother to read to her small grandchildren. I am honored to send this gift to my friend, and thankful to the author, Miska Miles, for writing "Annie and the Old One" for all of us.